<p>Yes, thank you. Many around me are trying to get me to focus further down the road (law school), but I am trying to convince them that these next four years are important too! I visited W&L for the first time last September, and, when there, I had a meeting with Professor Rush, the head of the Politics Department. Basically, he told me that, growing up in a small town (I live in an area of 12,000 in southern Louisiana), I should highly consider NOT going to college in such a small town. He said that he would love to have me in the program but that I should consider the ramifications of moving from a small town to a smaller one. That is definitely one major aspect factoring in to my decision.</p>
<p>To summarize, I am going to try to evaluate the schools on the basis of where I want to spend the next four years studying, but, of course, all of these other factors do have to be taken into consideration, even if just minorly in some cases.</p>